Gerardo D'Ambrosio (29 November 1930 – 30 March 2014) was an Italian magistrate and politician. Born in Santa Maria a Vico,

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, D'Ambrosio graduated in law in Naples in 1952.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . In 1957 he was assigned to the Public Prosecutor at the Court of

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, then he was transferred to the Court of

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, and finally in

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; there D'Ambrosio conducted the criminal investigation of the

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, and was prosecutor in the

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trial, among other things. In 1989, he was chosen to direct the department against

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and since 1991 he directed the special department covering the crimes against the public administration. In 1992 he entered the

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pool of magistrates which gave him a large notoriety. From 1999, he was the head of the Public Prosecutor's Office until his retirement in 2002. He was later senator for two terms, with the

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and then with the

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. He died of cardiorespiratory failure.

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1930 births People from the Province of Caserta 20th-century Italian judges 2014 deaths Democrats of the Left politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Members of the Italian Senate from Lombardy University of Naples Federico II alumni {{Italy-bio-stub

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